ee cae” " To rf ana i eee ee COMPANYINTRODUCTION The Guba! Spades, The Fist Lady of Daath, and The Black Widow are all names piven to Natasha Korenshy, Gsplan 0! an Iadopendenl comaeny of Wolfs Drogeos. The book dolale Koroncky ard bot Black Wiéon Campany. Italso gives sino of the history behind the formation of Wolfs Dragoons and some ofthe yiGeampsigns the mersenary regiment ns fought. The rest ofthe book gives the historical ales srgsoemre antic Bsc Wove haben iobed ard game deta following Batie scenariae arelunflated except fofine tinal four. Those four are part ot 8 Fon the planet Hot, andthey fallow each othocln time by a mattr of wooks, aye, or even ish to play.the whole Seie$ May WI 10 Keep track of battle damage from one ‘the no, wth ther Mache rasiing eth na ropa’ or only ho lnited repairs that might bo 38 inlue athe information needed to Understand the game station and play it out, 2 Tisichand acenum by one tbe watdors who aciualy tock part inthe engagement> eis folowed by an gecount othe Nslorcaljacts of the bate the Game Setup seston, Which provides thé special game niormation needed to play es ‘and Defender for each sconario aro thon praconted in detail. Tho Black Widow enarlo inthe coFaltlon dese‘bed inthe Nstorical section on the Black Widow Compary, mall the ral flls, the weapap does NOT fire and generates fa amaunt of haat i that is how the weapon is damaged. The ISP CARER ort Ne Bebr Be oto ects row v cescyWoch cl te posing eros on ymethe Victory Concitine thet determine the outcome for Bach scenario. These usvally inthe conflict and may include someispecial objectives. Finally, there are rules forthe ‘general SatleTech rules, they are decribed under Special Rules.BRIEF REGIMENTAL HISTORY CONTRACT WITH DAVION Wol's Dragoons first appeared in the Inner Sphere just 20 years ago, in 3005. Jn that year, the regiment's Dropships, ‘vansports, and fighter escorts swung ‘suddenly int o#bt around Delios VI, one (of Prince Andrew Davion's frontier ‘worlds. Delios, a poor planet, was, pracicaly undefended, butthe Dragoons made no attemps to atta Instead, Colonel Jaime Wott, the regiment's commander, se coutier ship to New Avale senicasct his toopsto| Davin. aboutthe regiments. politely but firmly valuable and thsi torefuse. ‘The contract Davion and Wolt's O became a model or Davion agreed to pay combat for especially dificutt missions, across the Federated Sune. ‘THE CAPELLAN MARCH During their sorvico with the House of ‘Davion, Wot's Dragoons saw action all alorg the Capellan March. The March hed been relatively quiet frontier for ‘more than ton years, and Prince Andrew had gradually snited his best BatloMoch regiments over to confront the House of Kurta. In3005, however, Maximilian Lia's forces were growing ever more active, probing for weak points along the border and launching hit- and-run raids against poorly-gartisoned. outposts. Hiring Wolfs Dragoons gave Davion a chance to sirke back at Liao without weakering the armies fighting Kurta, stir ten onsen nee 25 main camp. By the time Liao's troops D tmajpr wot around New ‘The Dragoons reached the Capellan March in early 2006, and quichdy ‘smashed two of Liaa's regiments in the Battle of Halloran V. Wolfs inteligence ‘service had leamed that Liao’ troops ‘were using lighty-popuiatod Halloran V ‘2s base for thelr raidson Davion border worlds, While they were away on ‘a raid, Wot's Dropshins arrived in he Halloran eyetom and wert into orbit around the planets small moon, When Ligo'e regiments returned, battored snd eal 5 pou eraeas ‘managed to disengage and flee of- planet, the two rogimonts had boon virtually wiped cut. They lost more than stproo-quartors of thoi BattloMechs in a raids successfull tied down defenders onnew Aragon, ‘gave them timeto prepare a fom a hidden airbase and caught a battalon ofthe 4th Deneb Light Cavalry during its drop. In three quick passes, the fighter managed to destroy half the battalon's Mechs, and masta the rest were forced to make damaging hard landings. Though Wolf's aerospace fighters took ewift revenge by downing the Capelians, the heavy losses ‘usiained by the 4th Deneb romovod * ‘tom baitl for over aweek, allowing the planetary garrison to retreat io aheevly- ‘ontiied detense zone. 04 This defense zone combined natural obstacles ~ mountains, steep tdges, donee forests, and swamps — wih ninefold, bunkers, and other foritcatios. Secura inside theirforts, Liao's BatleMechs, tanks, andinfariry throw back five separata assaults by Wolfs Dragoons. A last, worried by reports thatthe strong Lizo reinforcements were on the way, Walt tocka desperate gamble While ascratch force of the togimert’s Ight BatleMechslanded insidethe detense zone, Wat's heavy